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The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Arizona Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet in Phoenix on January 29-30, 2014. Established in 1995, the statewide citizen-based council provides advice to the BLM on land management programs and issues affecting public lands in Arizona. In addition, the RAC has been authorized to review and provide advice on all recreation fee proposals for the BLM and the U.S. Forest Service (FS) recreation sites in Arizona, as required by the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act of 2004. The Recreation RAC Working Group will review and make recommendations on U.S. Forest Service recreation fee proposals at this meeting. Members of the public are welcome to attend the RAC Working Group meetings on January 29, and the Business meeting on January 30. The meetings will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., respectively at the BLM National Training Center located at 9828 North 31st Avenue in Phoenix. A half-hour public comment period is scheduled on the day of the Business meeting from 11:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. during the RRAC Session for any interested members of the public who wish to address the Council on BLM or Forest Service recreation fee programs, and again from 1:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. for any interested members of the public who wish to address the Council on BLM programs and business in general. Depending on the number of persons wishing to speak and time available, the time for individual comments may be limited. Written comments may be sent to the Bureau of Land Management at One N. Central Ave., Suite 800, Phoenix, AZ 85004, attention Arizona RAC Coordinator. Planned agenda items include: a welcome and introduction of Council members; BLM State Director's update on BLM programs and issues; updates on the RAC Colorado River District Grazing Subcommittee; Section 106 Consultation Process; Department of the Interior Themes and Landscape Level Opportunities for BLM; Sonoran Landscape Pilot;U.S. Forest Service Recreation Fee Program Proposals; reports by the RAC Working Groups; RAC questions on BLM District Manager Reports; and other items of interest to the RAC. Following is a list of the RAC members, the category they represent, their residence and term. Name Representing Residence Term *Bill Brake Commodity/Grazing Scottsdale 11/2016 Stu Bengson Commodity/Energy/Minerals Tucson 09/2014 Maggie Sacher Commodity/Recreation Marble Canyon 09/2015 Thomas Hulen Commodity/Energy/Minerals Tempe 09/2015 Emmett Sturgill Commodity/Grazing Kingman 11/2016 Douglas Traub Non-Commodity/Dispersed Recreation Lake Havasu City 09/2014 Glendon Collins Non-Commodity/Dispersed Recreation Phoenix 09/2014 Carl Taylor Non-Commodity/Historical/Archaeology Flagstaff 09/2015 Michael Quigley Non-Commodity/Environmental Tucson 11/2016 H. Maaike Schotborgh Non-Commodity/Environmental Tucson 11/2016 Gary Watson Local Area/Elected Official (vice Lunt) Kingman 09/2014 Dawn Duncan-Hubbs Local Area/Indian Tribe Hackberry 09/2014 Larry Howery Local Area/Academia Tucson 09/2015 Jeffrey Sargent Local Area/Public-At-Large Peoria 09/2015 H. Drew John Local Area/Public-At-Large Safford 11/2016 Vacant (non-voting) Governor's Representative Phoenix N/A *RAC Chair The next RAC meeting has not been scheduled. For more information about the Arizona RAC, visit the website at blm.gov/az/st/en/res/rac.html